Nevada professor devises new childhood obesity screening tools
Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 15:35
in Health & Medicine
A University of Nevada, Reno professor who thinks the present weight management charts and screening tools for children are too difficult to understand and use has devised new, simpler charts that pediatricians and parents can use to help combat the increasing rates of obese and overweight children in the United States.
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